CONTENTS.
Reading edition
PAGE.
A Dream of the Universe. By Jean Paul Richter, 95
A Friend of the Fly, 173
After-Dinner Speech by a Frenchman, 287
America for God. By T. DeWitt Talmage, 74
An Affectionate Letter, 198
An Appeal for Liberty. By Joseph Story, 296
An Hour of Horror, 218
Annie and Willie's Prayer. By Sophia P. Snow, 275
Answered Prayers, By Ella Wheeler Wilcox, 175
An Unaccountable Mystery. By Paul Denton, 80
A Rainy Day, 260
A Reasonable Request, 194
At the Stage Door. By James Clarence Harvey, 16
At the Stamp Window, 110
Becalmed. By Samuel K. Cowan, 182
Banford's Burglar Alarm, 314
Behind Time. By Freeman Hunt, 77
Bessie Kendrick's Journey. By Mrs. Annie E. Preston, 253
Better Things, 319
Bicycle Ride. By James Clarence Harvey, 236
By Special Request. By Frank Castles, 47
Charity, 308
Cut Behind. By T. DeWitt Talmage, 14
Daughter of the Desert. By James Clarence Harvey, 65
De Pint Wid Ole Pete, 215
Destiny of Our Country. By R. C. Winthrop, 188
Eloquence, the Study of. By Cicero, 11
Emulation (Up to Date). By James Clarence Harvey, 187
Extract from Blaine's Oration on James A. Garfield, 208
Fashionable, 261
Fast Mail and the Stage. By John H. Yates, 230
Frenchman and the Landlord. Anonymous, 18
Gentle Alice Brown. By W. S. Gilbert, 149
Get Acquainted With Yourself. By R. J. Burdette, 119
God in the Constitution. By T. DeWitt Talmage, 176
Good Old Way, 207
Good Reading. By John S. Hart, L.L.D., 41
Go Vay, Becky Miller, Go Vay, 220
Guild's Signal. By Francis Bret Harte, 21
His Last Court, 104
Hornets. By Bill Nye, 70
How "Old Mose" Counted Eggs, 272
How Shall I Love You? By Will C. Ferril, 212
Imperfectus. By James Clarence Harvey, 83
In Arabia. By James Berry Bensel, 37
In the Bottom Drawer, 185
It is a Winter Night. By Richard Henry Stoddard, 221
I Wonder. By James Clarence Harvey, 159
Katrina's Visit to New York, 138
Keenan's Charge. By George P. Lathrop, 97
Kittens and Babies. By Lizzie M. Hadley, 80
Land of Our Birth. By Lillie E. Barr, 239
Legend of the Ivy. By James Clarence Harvey, 34
Let Us Give Thanks, 258
Literary Attractions of the Bible. By Dr. Hamilton, 88
Little Brown Curl, 213
Little Feet, 259
Little Jim. By George R. Sims, 118
Little White Hearse. By J. W. Riley, 121
Lullaby, 114
Maid of Orleans. By J. E. Sagebeer, 144
Mark Twain and the Interviewer, 22
Mother, Home and Heaven, 56
Mother's Doughnuts. By Charles F. Adams, 87
Mother's Fool, 217
Mr. Winkle Puts on Skates. By Charles Dickens, 281
Mutation. By James Clarence Harvey, 164
My Mother's Bible. By George P. Morris, 286
New Year Ledger. By Amelia E. Barr, 39
No Objection to Children, 309
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep, 51
Old Uncle Jake, 298
Only a Song, 235
Our Own. By Margaret E. Sangster, 76
Our Heroes Shall Live. By Henry Ward Beecher, 113
Paul Revere's Ride. By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 43
Penning a Pig. By James A. Bailey, 115
Praying for Papa, 180
Praying for Shoes. By Paul Hamilton Hayne, 58
Puzzled Dutchman, 227
Queen Vashti. By T. DeWitt Talmage, 131
Rabbi and the Prince. By James Clarence Harvey, 143
Resignation. By Longfellow, 196
Resurgam. By Eben E. Rexford, 262
Roman Legend. By James Clarence Harvey, 170
Rum's Devastation and Destiny. By William Sullivan, 60
Serenade. By Thomas Hood, 129
She Cuts His Hair, 294
Shwate Kittie Kehoe. By James Clarence Harvey, 155
Since She Went Home. By R. J. Burdette, 72
Six Love Letters, 165
Speech of Patrick Henry, 160
Story of the Little Rid Hin. By Mrs. Whitney, 232
Supporting the Guns, 30
The American Union. By Daniel Webster, 52
The Black Horse and His Rider. By Charles Sheppard, 290
The Book Canvasser. By Max Adeler, 264
The Children. By Charles Dickens, 306
The Children We Keep, 73
The Christmas Baby. By Will Carleton, 92
The Country's Greatest Evil, 156
The Crowded Street. By William Cullen Bryant, 252
The Dead Doll. By Margaret Vandegrift, 108
The Doorstep. By E. C. Stedman, 270
The Enchanted Shirt. By John Hay, 177
The Fatal Glass. By Laura U. Case, 137
The Fault of the Age. By Ella Wheeler Wilcox, 263
The Hot Axle. By T. DeWitt Talmage, 303
The Minister's Grievances, 204
The Misnomer. By Josie C. Malott, 269
The Modern Belle, 226
The Nameless Guest. By James Clarence Harvey, 112
The Old Oaken Bucket. By Samuel Woodworth, 279
The Pilot. By John B. Gough, 135
The Poppy Land Limited Express. By Edgar Wade Abbot, 55
The Prime of Life. By Ella Wheeler Wilcox, 29
There is a Tongue in Every Leaf, 257
There'll Be Room in Heaven, 122
The Retort Dis-courteous. By James Clarence Harvey, 125
The Teacher's Diadem, 240
The United States. By Daniel Webster, 35
The Whirling Wheel. By Tudor Jenks, 288
The Whistling Regiment. By James Clarence Harvey, 199
Tobe's Monument. By Elizabeth Kilham, 243
Useful Precepts for Girls, 100
W'en de Darky am A-whis'lin'. By S. Q. Lapius, 134
We're Building Two a Day! By Rev. Alfred J. Hough, 224
What the Little Girl Said, 221
Widder Budd, 102
Wind and Sea. By Bayard Taylor, 13
Woman's Pocket. By James M. Bailey, 84
Women of Mumbles Head. By Clement Scott, 190
Young America, 153
Zenobia's Defence. By William Ware, 126